Violin-rest



(No Model.)

0. F. ALBERT.

VIOLIN REST.

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CHARLES F. ALBERT, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

VIOLIN-REST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 451,744, dated May 5, 1891. Application filed December 27, 1889. Serial No. 335,093- (No model.)

the chin-rest alone or in combination with the chest-rest or neck-rest, or both, as the case may be. This object I attain in the following manner, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a violin, showing the chin, chest, and neck rests in position. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the chin-rest. Fig. 3 is a side view of the chinrest, showing the chest and neck rests in position. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the chin-rest. Fig. 5 is a section on the line 1 2, Fig. at. Fig. 6 is a rear View of the chin-rest. Fig. 7 is a view of a modification of the clamping device for the chin-rest. Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the clamping-nut.

Referring to the drawings, A is the body of the violin, B the tail-piece, and D the chinrest proper, made in the peculiar form shown in Figs. 1, 4t, and 5, having a rib d at its rear, extending to the point as, at which point it merges into the body of the rest. This rib extends around the side of the rest to about a point y, where it gradually assumes thelevel of the body of the rest, forming a cavity a, in which rests the chin of the performer.

The side to of the rest is inclined in respect to the center line of the violin, so as to throw the chin-bearing point over toward the middle of the violin, over the tail-piece, at the same time keeping the rest as near as possible to the body-of the violin.

The jaw-bone of the performer passes over the edge of the restbeyond the point as, so that the rib, while it tendsto hold the violin in po sition, does not bear against the jaw of the performer. The under side of the rest is rounded, as shown, so as to prevent the rest interfering with the tone of the violin.

The chin-rest proper D is secured in any suitable manner to the clamp-plateE, havin gaface e of rubber or other yielding material, and pro jecting from this plate arebearings Z) Z) for bindin g-screw F, which passes through a bracket of the lower clamp-plate E and through a nut g below the said bracket. The lower clamp-plate is bifurcated to form a double gripping-face.

The lower clamp-plate has a jaw c surfaced.

with rubber or other yielding material, and is adapted to the base of the violin. The nut g is of the peculiar form shown in Fig. 8, having a flat side g, so that when the clamps are applied to the violin the nut can be readily turned upon the screw until it nears the bracket f, where the nut comes in contact with the projection f, after which the screw is turned until the chin-rest is secured tightly to the violin-body. By this means the rest is readily applied to violins of different thicknesses without the tedious operation of turning the screw F but only a short distance. The lower jaw E passes through the bracket of the clamp E and is guided thereby. Other forms of clamp may be used, as shown in Fig. 7, in which the lower clamp passes through a bracket 1) at the rear of the clampE and projects through a slot in the clamp E, the screw being attached to the clamp in the manner described above. The advantage of this over the old style is that the screw is atritle nearerthe clamp E and does not project as far out from the violin.

The chest-rest is secured to the clamp-plate E, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. The bent rod His screw-threaded at one end, and at this end is turned at right angles to forma clampj aw h, which passes into an orifice in the clamp-plate E. Secured to the plate E is a yoke I, and between the arms of which is a nut 7, adapted to the threaded stem of the rod H, which passes through the arms of the yoke. On the lower end of the arm H is secured a block J by means of a set-screw j, and piyoted to this block is the chest-rest proper K, preferably coated with an embossed rubber cushion, as clearly shown, to prevent the violin from slipping. Thus combining the chestrest with a chin-rest a hollow-breasted person, or,in fact, any person, can hold the violin firmly in proper position.

In order to prevent lateral slipping of the violin toward the right shoulder, I secure to the plate E of the chin-rest a neck-rest M, as shown clearly in Figs. 1 and 3, of a form suitable to encircle a portion of the neck of the performer. This neck-rest can be attached to the chin-rest in many different ways, and I have shown it in the drawings as provided with two spring-arms m an, adapted to pass through a bearing formed of struck-up lips of the plate E; but it may be secured by means of a set-screw, or may be secured to the violin independently of the chin-rest, as may also the chest-rest K, without departing from my invention. I

I claim as my invention 1. A chin-rest of a form substantially as described, having a recess at the lower inner corner for the reception of the chin, said corner projecting over the tail-piece, so that the chin of the performer will be on the center line of the violin.

2. A chin-rest havinga recess for the reception of the chin, bordered on one side by a prominent rib and on the rear by a rib which merges into the body of the rest at the point 00, substantially in the manner shown and described, whereby the chin can rest in the cavity and the jaw pass over the edge of the rest without coming in contact with the rib,

substantially as described.

3. The combination of a chin-rest, an upper clamp-plate secured thereto, bearings on said clamp-plate, a screw adapted to said bearings, a lower clamp-plate sliding in the up perelampplate and having a lug adapted to said screw, and a nut on the screw, substantially as described.

4. The combination of the plate adapted to be secured to the violin, witha chest-rest carried by the plate and having a swivel bearing-plate adapted to rest upon the chest of the performer, substantially as described.

'5. The combination, with a plate adapted to be secured to a violin, of the chest-rest secured to the plate and havingabearingplate with a surface of corrugated rubber or similar material, substantially as described.

6. The combination of the plate adapted to be secured to the violin, with a neck-rest projecting from said plate and adapted to rest against the shoulderor neck of the performer, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

7. The combination of the chin-rest clampplates adapted to secure the chin-rest to the violin, with a'chest-rest secured to said chinrest, and a neck-rest also secured to the chinrest, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

8. The combination of the chin-rest, clampplate carried thereby, having lugs, a binding-screw adapted to bearings in said lugs, with a lower clamp-plate adapted to slide on the upper clamp-plate, having a lug through which the screw passes, an inclined projection under the lug, and a nut carried by the screw, having a flattened side adapted to engage with the projection, substantially as and in the-manner described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES E. ALBERT.

Witnesses:

II. F. REARDON, R. SCI-ILEICHER. 

